Preparents // 18-2-17
Yesterday I attended to the general assembly of my section of [1]USKA,
the Swiss amateur radio organisation. My mother was there as well --
she's also member, and at least on paper still a fully qualified radio
amateur (including Morse) with call sign.
Yeah, I'm proud of her, even if she's been very inactive recently. But
the same holds true for me. Must be about twenty years now, when I was
on a sailing trip in the western Mediterranean Sea and had daily
contact with her at home through Morse code over shortwaves. Good ole
days! -- Now back to reality.
Today we talked about various stuff, and I happily discovered my
parents fully understand and share my concerns. Now don't get me wrong:
we're all not panicked, but we agree it's reasonable to prepare for
events having the potential to shake the foundations of our modern
lifestyle. My mother even told me she had bought a small gas cooker --
about the same time I got mine, independently! It was kind of a
coming-out feeling, talking to relatives with the same thoughts about
water, food, fire, cash...
What remains is to more include my wife in these preparations. She
knows about the water filter I bought (I masked it as "just an
experiment to see how these things work") and my general tendency to
prepare for the unforeseen, but I believe her seeing these things as
slightly crazy games (maybe the "macho games" somebody else on the
phlogosphere coined -- apologies, I've lost the reference) only
marginally relevant to our daily life. I don't want to force her
though, she's great and I love her dearly.
Although I'm the farthest from being a role model of "alpha male", I
believe we have the duty to prepare to some extent for disasters,
especially with little kids. And so this occupies more my mind than the
question which lamp needs to be mounted in the staircase, what picture
would go best on which wall, or how to fix the (fully functional)
toilet seat so that it doesn't squeak when you sit down. But I'll try,
promised! ::-::
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And now for something completely different!
Looking through my list of phlogs from the past months, I wonder
whether I should also start some ordering, e.g by putting older stuff
in subdirectories for each year. OTOH, probably this becomes urgent
only when I reach into the hundreds of posts, Gopher being quite
efficient. I actually like to have a big list I can easily scan without
needing to load additional selectors, but I wonder what other people
prefer.
.:.
References
1.
http://www.uska.ch/
